Where will this current ideology for high-density rezoning in Santa Cruz lead us? Who will live with the results of overbuilding after the developers leave? The corridor and downtown rezoning plans will result in expensive hotels and stack-and-pack apartments with inadequate parking.

We residents will get more traffic, more pollution, less sun and higher rents. New buildings out of scale and character with our town will crowd out older lower-cost housing and our small local businesses. If you want rezoning which enhances our neighborhoods and small businesses and provides truly affordable housing in every development, now is the time to join with your neighbors, show up at meetings happening this fall and contact City Council.

— Isabelle Scott, Santa Cruz

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